ATEC Journal: Call for Papers

The ATEC Journal (​ISSN 1068-5901 (Online)) is a peer-reviewed, biannual electronic publication.  The publication provides an opportunity for educators, administrators, students and industry personnel to share teaching techniques and research. Authors are encouraged to submit their articles for publication consideration, whether scholarly, research, application, or opinion, by utilizing the submission form at https://www.atec-amt.org/the-journal.html.

Suggested topics include, but are not limited to:

• Technical and soft-skills curriculum integration
• A history of legislative actions affecting aviation maintenance workforce development
• A study on implementation of employer-education partnerships
• Funding implications stemming from Bureau of Labor Statistics occupational outlooks
• Highlighted innovations in the aviation maintenance industry
• A look at successful online teaching methods and/or subject matter in other technical fields
• Surveying currently used computer-based teaching across aviation maintenance training schools

 
All submissions must be original work and not previously published. It is the author's responsibility to ensure the work isn't published in another publication. Additionally, the paper must be free of spelling and grammatical errors, and provided in an easily readable and editable format (Microsoft Word preferred) in accordance with the American Psychological Association (APA) style guide.

Additional Criteria for Academic Articles

• Provide strong evidence for its conclusions,
• Be of interest to educators, researchers and/or those in the aviation maintenance industry,
• Assess unique or novel issues in a way that is likely to influence thinking in the field, and/or
• Introduce innovations in teaching or practical project application.

Additional Criteria for 'A Word from Industry' Op-Ed Articles

• Be a topic is of interest to ATEC members with a primary focus on its relationship to aviation technician education,
• Have sufficient evidence of research with references to applicable facts, and 
• Be a maximum of 750 words.

 
Submission deadline is October 1, 2018 at https://www.atec-amt.org/the-journal.html
 
Questions or information, contact ATEC Journal Editor Karen Johnson.